1/2 The Hidden Jewels of the Cheapside Hoard - Secret Knowledge
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First broadcast: 15 Oct 2013.
Episode 8/12 In 1912, workmen demolishing a building in London's Cheapside district made an extraordinary discovery - a dazzling hoard of nearly 500 Elizabethan and Jacobean jewels. For the first time since its discovery, all the pieces from this priceless treasure trove will be on display at the Museum of London in a new exhibition opening on October 11th 2013.
Well Mr Leane, this series couldn’t have found a better narrator. Your knowledge and enthusiasm shine through. Thank you.
At last, a narrator whose genuine enthusiasm shines through. 👏🏻
If only we could all enjoy seeing this full collection from Cheapside Street.
That emerald watch though!!! Totally mesmerizing.
Joanna Salvanou All I could think of was, more those blue gloves away, because I was to see it unobscured. Very large gems indeed.
I was so lucky to be in London when this exhibition was on, and got to see them.
I envy you. I lived in London for 10years but never heard about these until I came home to Lancashire.
The Museum of London is fabulous, and free admission -- don't miss it if you are in London.
Mary Cahill your right...use to go every year...but after my last experiences with your NEW citizens...I WILL NEVER EVER GO BACK...disgusting...and paris...omg...IS GONE....LITERSL SHIT HOLES.
I just been there with my daughters and it's just a fantastic
@Johannes Liechtenauer u living in the UK with a name like dat sounds like your a "new citizen yourself ??
@@agustasister5624 aww were devastated you sound such a lovely person !!!!!!
Hahaha
Ohhhh England, I'm so jealous of you and your history! To me, the documents at ~9:10 are just as precious as these unbelievable jewels!
What's the matter with you? Are you jealous because we hadn't invented America at the time the jewelry was buried?
@@Scooot1972 invented America hahaha
@@avaleighwalsh6161 ok started the failed experiment that is America. 👍 That's why we tried again later on with Australia. It went better but we still didn't get the desired result. So we sent our criminals there. 👍
Wonderful history. Dreadful present.
Can you imagine the worker unearthing these? I wish I could have seen that in real time!
The very definition of hitting the jackpot! Astounding.... if I was the one that found it, I might as well got fainted 🤣
Incomprehensible post. Do you speak English? You certainly can’t write grammatically, so I’m guessing it isn’t your first language. Try this: “If I had been the one who found this, I might have fainted.”?
Has anyone tried matching the pieces to historical portraits?
A very interesting approach Christine, it may be the conduit through which final provenance happens....?
You clever sticky.....!!
If these were found at the jeweler's shop, they may never have been worn.
Great idea.
Yes Christine there’s a book os a Spanish art historian that do exactly that. I forgot the title , something along Jewels in art history. I am sure there’s an edition in English. Go to your public library.
Sadly I went to The Museum of London in May 2018, and missed this through sheer lack of knowledge. There was an exhibition of the history of London, but nothing I could find about where the Hoard was or any of the items found in the Thames. Now I have to hope to save the money, friends and health to go again.
OMG Super cool!!!!💎💙
If you don't have an impressive bank vault to protect the family or business treasury, what do you do during times of upheaval? Well, in England folks bury things. They wrap up the silver, the nice earrings and necklace set that Aunty Calpurnia sent from Gaul, and stuff the lot down a whole in the back garden,or in the cellar floor. Of course, they do intend to dig it back up again when things calm down. But, stuff happens. The folks who have done the hiding think they're being clever by not telling anyone where the family/ business treasury has been squirreled away, that this is the best way to stop anyone from doing something foolish. And then something of a drastic nature happens , removing the "hider" from the scene, leaving no one to return to where the hoard was hidden.
What could have happened to the owner of this collection? It was obviously worth quite a large amount. No one would willingly have left it behind.
Hidden in a hole.. was a whole lot of nothing.
The emerald watch fob is beautiful.
This is fascinating. I have never heard of the Cheapside Hoard. Why is there only half the story?
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Angela Rickett Thank you Angela
I was so fascinated that I froze when the video just abruptly ended. No worries the next part follows.
Fascinating
My favourite treasures, nothing comparable from this period survives
The imagination just runs wild. I can't even look.
Find yourself a partner who looks at you the way this gentleman looks at someone discussing fine jewellry lol 13:43
If in Cheapside they used to make and sell jewels I wonder what amazing things they sold in Dearside...
It’s great to hear the Greek name Berenice pronounced correctly! In Greek, it’s Berenike, of course, but the Romans stuck in their C for the K sound.
Why are some of those pieces not monogrammed? That's the question I have for this. One of them anyway. These are beautiful. Thank you for this video.
Is there a part 2? It seems to cut off before finishing.
yes there is
That workman should have kept some of the treasurer for HIMSELF!
They spend a lot more time on the faces of the conservators than the actual jewelry. A bit disappointing.
very interesting
Very interesting. Could the jewels have been stolen hence the burying of them?
I was thinking much of it could have been buried during the Civil War to protect it from Cromwell's army (they melted down everything else). Not sure if the dates add up, though.
I was thinking spoils of one the wars in 1600's or so. Just a thought.
Is there more to this video it stopped to soon but very,very interesting.
Lauren Southgate yes, there’s a part two
Never heard of this hoard before!
I am thinking of Alexander mcQueen and of how he'd have smiled in appreciation - the Egyptian agate- perfectly preserved!
But it looked GLUED onto whatever it was on! I'm not much w antique knowledge but fairly sure adhesive isn't the wisest choice?
@@crazyoldhippieladyinthebib7357 Hi another crazy old hippie lady here! I majored in art history and I outta know but I don't, I guess I shouldn't take so much at face value huh! You are right. Think about the scams involving the so called great auction houses over the last few years- what are a pair of crazy old HIPPIE ladies doing coveting such stuff!
@@MSYNGWIE12I've always liked unusual jewelry-kinda drawn to old England's history. I just dabble in knowledge. And by doing that I don't have to remember huh? Too many drugs in the 60's-70's-80's etcetera...
The lady Jewelry historian is great
The emerald watch is my favourite
It's collections of videos like you have here, that make me wish youtube had like, dislike and LOVE! Thank you for sharing! This one and Scott castle so far are my favorites! *Hugz
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I wonder if it had been part of King John's lost treasure?...
Looking nice....
Tsavorite diamonds? Do you mean Tsavorite garnets?
Mj diamonds come in all colors 😊
@@jo-vf8jx diamond a tsavorite are 2 different minerals. No such thing as a "tsavorite diamond".
@@beberivera7011 she also referred to the stones in that chain as diamond when Im not sure that they were. Maybe 'diamonds' is an interchangeable term for gems in the uk...?
@@caligulalonghbottom2629 it's entirely possible but it is incorrect.
I think the CH was burried during the Great Fire of London and Cheapside is in the right area whic was affected by the fire.
However, dearie, the Great Fire took place in 1666, and the narration states that the jewels date to Shakespeare’s era. He died in 1616. So... try another theory.
@@judeirwin2222 It's not impossible that they were hidden away by a pawnbroker as the Great Fire raged, in which case the jewels could already have some age, and even be considered dated by the fashions of the time. I'm of the mind that they were stolen goods, personally, which would support the surreptitious nature of their concealment.
these items may ba part of the jewels missing from a royal kings carriage bogged down in the muck along a coastal area several treasure hunting tv programs have shown people searching for it - also these could have been hidden by someone during the war a jewelers treasured possessions tucked away during the bombing of London - thinking they would return after the war? that is where I would be looking for info on who worked the shop at later dates.?
The hoard was discovered in 1912, so it couldn't be a result of wwii.
Sadly all old gem buildings are demolished for new concrete and glass. 😒
Could the jewels have been part of the collection of Queen Mary of Scott’s hidden away
no...theyre later than that. most are early 17th century, she was already dead.
@@caligulalonghbottom2629Longhbottom its early 16th.
They said it was in Shakespeare time which would be the 15th Century.
Shakespeare time, the 1500’s. My following statement was wrong.
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Don’t let Smaug find out!
Cheapside? How did it get that name?
I would check the royal tudor in entorrys
Shaune Leanne is a genius
The treasure of the Olivier Twist pickpockets headman. 🤗
Thank you so much I do not have a TV but love History. I have put this on Pinerest I hope you don't mind Ann Wardley ex pat Sheffield
Many stones are missing from the salamander.
You're the expert.
are half mast trousers the fashion in London, or a niche thing ?
A fashion thing. Along with leotards now, as well.
Why does this end in the middle of a sentence?
How is it Cleopatra if it's 200-300 B.C.?Berenice II was 250 B.C. and there were many Cleopatras before The Cleopatra. Must have been an earlier one. Not really the same. Still fascinating...but still. Details.
She got that amazingly wrong didn't she.? And it's not even remotely the face of Cleopatra (the last one). It's probably just a representation of Isis.
Time Place and person perfect
Just reinforces that no matter what material things are worth, you can't take it with you.
The musical score is unsettling to hear while trying to have patience to hear the speaker.
Yes, his homosexual low masculinity tone makes him hard to understand.
Stoney Jack is a fucking lad!
1:00 brass rings around the neck isn't even original
50 000 only comm
Awkward audiography on this video.
Maybe long ago a royal or someone in their circles had sticky fingers.
this guy looks like salman khan from bollywood
The cameo of the Egyptian woman’s head could NOT be that of Cleopatra as she would not be around for another 3 hundred years.. This is a really embarrassing statement to make...!!
I believe the Cleopatra you are thinking of was actually Cleopatra VII Philopator, from a line of Ptolemeic Queens who shared the name Cleopatra. This leaves the possibility that the curator is correct and the agate is a representation of a Queen Cleopatra, just which one. Presumably the family symbolism, used to identify them to their subjects, was passed from monarch to monarch, much like the UK Royal family.
This is jewelry from the early 1600's and possibly passed down from generations before that time, as well. Cleopatra was a queen in the B.C. times. I don't think this curator was remiss, I think there were artisans who copied those way-early jewels, or these were passed down through many family, and war histories.
@@wendypeterwendywendy Even when professional historians say "Cleopatra," they mean "Cleopatra VII," and she's talking to a layman, so that's certainly what she means here. I've seen that cameo described as THE Cleopatra in multiple other places as well. She just made a mistake.
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Good Blass you ,
My gaydar is beeping when he starting to talk 😂
gotta be careful with Brits...not necessarily the case.
Er, Mabinogion
Man=binogion not there!!!~
Way too much time spent watching that jewellery guy wandering around and talking about himself. Cheapside Bored!
Narrator is almost unbearable
Take that ridiculous earing out please
Can’t stand bbc scripting.